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This hope is now described as an anchor for the soul. Our hope is not wishful thinking, but is sure and steadfast. Whatever may be happening in our lives just now, however things might look just now, we need to focus on the hope. This is not escapism, or pie in the sky when you die, for this will give us strength to live life today, to overcome whatever obstacles may lie before us. The writer is now going to move on to the priesthood of Christ. “ a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain”. This is a reference to the temple, and the curtain that separated off the holy of holies. Man’s hope is usually based on this earth, founded in himself, or in other people. But our hope is founded in heaven.
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Jesus has entered the very presence of the Father, He is sat at the right hand of the Father (Heb 1:3). Jesus is described as a “forerunner” (ESV). Jesus has entered the presence of the Father with a view to us joining Him there. He is not a one off in doing this, but the pioneer, the first of many. He became “a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek”, and the next chapter will focus on this aspect of Jesus’ priesthood.
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